Why Is It Called Ugly Duckling?

Mag looked down. The kitten was already awake. It looked up at Amy and cried out a few more times, each time louder than the previous. Damn!

The classroom fell silent immediately. Luna looked to the window, thinking that some wildcat had distracted her students.

But her face lit up when she saw Amy. She strode towards the door quickly.

"It's Amy! Hello! Wow, I like your hair," a window-seat girl wearing her hair in a mushroom bowl said delightedly as she looked at Amy, her eyes shining with excitement.

"Shush, Daphne. Don't talk to me or say my name during class," Amy said immediately.

"Why are you here again? I don't like seeing you here," a demon child said solemnly. On his head was a blade of grass like a mung bean sprout, and his hair was in a mess.

"Shut up, Ignatsu! Or I'll pluck out your bean sprout again!" Daphne said aggressively, glaring back at the little demon.

"I'm not afraid of you," he replied, but he leaned back.